Category Archives: Writing log

Family grill party. Nothing written today. [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]

Wrote 1067 words. Meg’s scenes in the Great Hall with Nell and in the bedchamber with Helena. Added to Helena’s scene after her dream. Today’s post brought a copy of the autobiography of Lady Grace Mildmay (1552-1620). This must be one of the earliest autobiographies of an Englishwoman and she’s contemporary with my Elin too. […]

Wrote 2103 words. Working on Meg’s scenes with Elin in her chamber and Walter in the Great Hall. Also prepping Part 2. [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]

Added one sentence, changed three words. Otherwise, spent day helping a friend move house. No time for anything much else. [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]

Wrote 513 words. Meg’s scene with Lady Helena. Spent a lot of time looking for maids/ladies of Elizabeth’s court who were briefly exiled from the Queen’s presence as a punishment for marrying without permission. There are many, I know, but few before 1576. Need to find at least two (or invent them). Visited TudorHistory.org – […]

Wrote 828 words. Adjustments to the Guards’ Council Chamber scene and Geoffrey’s scene (which has shifted venue). Started new scene from Meg’s pov. [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]

About 670 words. Re-writing Geoffrey’s scene so not a lot more added to the total in the progress bar. [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]

Wrote only about 30 words today. No point in revising the progress bar. Also, finally brought myself to open and read my mother’s letter with her critique of the first 7000-odd words. I’ve had the letter since the 26th. I sent the extract to her in hard copy as she doesn’t have Internet. (I’m far […]

Zero progress today … but wrote another review for You Write On. Looks like whoever had Elin’s Story to review most recently chickened out. It’s not received a review for more than 5 days. Hmm. Yesterday’s post brought Eric Partridge’s Shakespeare’s Bawdy – language research! [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]

Wrote 303. Still with Geoffrey’s scene. Not happy – am I trying to make it carry too much? Over 12% completed though. Good. [This status update originally published at thesupercargo.com]